M206 Alterations to Fairlie Cottage

Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh
made alterations to this early 19th-century seaside house for the Glasgow-born
scientist James J. Dobbie. Apart from minor works to the boundary wall and the stables,
the office job book does not record exactly what was done. No physical evidence
survives in situ.

Authorship: Despite the lack of evidence
of what work was done, there is good documentation to suggest Mackintosh was
responsible for this project: the job-book entry is written entirely in his
hand; Mackintosh included 'Fairlee [sic]' on his submission for Fellowship of
the RIBA in 1906; and Ronald Harrison, an early student of Mackintosh's architecture
in the 1930s, included a 'Detail of house at Fairlie for Dobbie' on a list he
compiled of Mackintosh works and 'Detail 1/2" ' for 'House for Dobbie Fai[r]lee
[sic]' on a list of drawings produced in the office during Mackintosh's
time.

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.